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MakeACopy

Privacy-focused document scanner with OCR and PDF export.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

MakeACopy is a document scanning mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: text recognition (OCR), PDF export, offline use, themes and dark mode, self-hosting on your own server.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “MakeACopy is a lightweight, privacy-friendly OCR document scanner for Android.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “MakeACopy is a lightweight, privacy-friendly OCR document scanner for Android.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Privacy-focused document scanner with OCR and PDF export” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Works completely offline, no ads, open source.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Dark mode: System-based Material 3 theme with light and dark appearance” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “MakeACopy is an open-source offline document scanner with OCR for Android, designed for privacy-friendly and self-hosted document workflows.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of MakeACopy is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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